machinecraig
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Hello,
I've got a Remington 870 for home defense, and also have two small kids that I want to keep safe from the 870. Currently, the gun is in a zippered gun case with a trigger lock on it. It's empty, and the ammo is stored in a different closet. Given that the time to getting it up and going is probably a minute or two and involves multiple rooms in the house, it doesn't seem ideal.
How does the following sound:
1) Gun mounted on a vertical mount inside the closet (just to the right of the door), high enough that our little ankle biters would need a chair to get it down.
2) Vertical gun mount doesn't have a lock, but shotgun would have a combination triggerlock on it.
3) Gun would be kept loaded but with nothing in the chamber (or perhaps a snap cap) with the hammer down (so it would be ready to rack slide to put a shell in the chamber).
Here's an example of the vertical mount I'm talking about.
Does this sound safe enough - would you want your (perhaps hypothetical) little kids visiting a house with a gun stored like this? What are other people doing to maintain access to a shotgun while keeping their kids safe?
I've got a Remington 870 for home defense, and also have two small kids that I want to keep safe from the 870. Currently, the gun is in a zippered gun case with a trigger lock on it. It's empty, and the ammo is stored in a different closet. Given that the time to getting it up and going is probably a minute or two and involves multiple rooms in the house, it doesn't seem ideal.
How does the following sound:
1) Gun mounted on a vertical mount inside the closet (just to the right of the door), high enough that our little ankle biters would need a chair to get it down.
2) Vertical gun mount doesn't have a lock, but shotgun would have a combination triggerlock on it.
3) Gun would be kept loaded but with nothing in the chamber (or perhaps a snap cap) with the hammer down (so it would be ready to rack slide to put a shell in the chamber).
Here's an example of the vertical mount I'm talking about.
Does this sound safe enough - would you want your (perhaps hypothetical) little kids visiting a house with a gun stored like this? What are other people doing to maintain access to a shotgun while keeping their kids safe?